Ruth Novaczek came and spoke a little about her art practice and showed some footage of other video artists. All of it was montage, and so did not appeal to me greatly, but i did find the practice of taking sourced footage interesting, and to then use that within ones own work. I often go into my films already visualising an end result, knowing what i want to achieve. But Ruth said that this simply cannot be done. You begin with stuff and see where it takes you, you run with it and then you will see the end. I feel like i should perhaps apply this to my next film. Have no vision where i want to take it, and then hopefully come out with a good end result. After her talk we had the opportunity to talk with her individually with our own work. I was a little apprehensive about doing this as i didn't know what I could contribute. Luckily my assessment work was still up and so i presented her with my film that i showed in the death cafe. She did ask me to play it at one point, to which i replied with that it was playing. "Oh" was her reply. But we sat with her, and the more i sat with her and Ruth, my appreciation of my work grew. I began to see her. The body is consuming and peaceful at the same time, i felt as though i got to know her more in that moment - we shared something. I forgot Ruth was sitting next to me, it was just me and the film together in that moment. Ruth has two things to say about the film. That after her travelling round to everyone else's work and seeing different things, it was nice to see a piece of work that was understated. It wasn't something blaring out 'look at me' but something that was just there and happening. She also remarked, that the longer she sat with her the more she got to know the work. Her final comment was that the work was mature, again this related back to the, i wasn't trying to over power people with what they were seeing. She was pleased that i had the confidence to to have a still film, with no change, that this was what i wanted to push. These comments, even though Ruth believed were no help or not much, actually meant a lot to me. It gave me the confidence that i am on the right track with my work - that a still film is enough. There doesn't need to be these extra frills on the edge, this is enough.
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April 2016
Kerry FosterThird Year Fine Art Student at Falmouth School of Art. Fellow artists: |